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November 20, 2016 – Back in the Game

"Hello, everyone. Welcome back to my channel! My name is Tony Stark and above all else, I am an engineer." Tony smiled into the camera. "Today, is pretty boring, becausseeee... I am at the Avengers Compound and there's nothing to doooo. I'm so bored. So, I figured I'd answer some questions that I found on the internet about yours truly." He clicked around on this laptop and saw a question. Tony opened his mouth and then an alarm went through the compound.

"Boss, it seems Dr Doom is trying to take over New York City." FRIDAY piped up.

"Again?" He sighed. "Alright, FRI, suit up."

"Yes, Boss. Deploying."

An Iron Man suit engulfed his body and he shot out the ceiling, where a part of the roof opened.

The camera was still on.

"I see a lot of questions about what is it like being an AI and watching Boss fight, get hurt and even come close to death and I have to say, it's difficult to process. I am a machine. I don't have feelings, or I am not supposed to. But I do. Maybe it is Boss influencing me but I feel anger, I feel revenge, I feel happy. And I feel sad, helpless when I see Boss getting hurt and there is no other way to help him, other than sending replacement suits and sending help to him via text message or call. But, I worry, that I won't be able to get there in time. But I'm sure lots of other humans feel the same way for their loved ones."

FRIDAY sighed.

"Back to Boss." The camera switched to the one in the suit.

"Hey guys! So flying to the city, where Doctor Doofus is trying to take over the TRISTATE AREA!" He bellowed. He looked to the camera. "Phineas and Ferb? No? Okay, moving on…" He trailed off. "So! We are coordinating with the Fantastic Four – who are usually the ones that deal with Doom. They have 'history'." Tony emphasized. "Oh, here we go."

The camera switched to the auxiliary camera. A blonde woman was holding up a forcefield against Dr. Doom's attacks, a tall brunette guy was extending his limbs?! Weird stuff. An orange rock creature was putting dents into the robots that were part of Doom's army and a flame was running around, causing havoc.

Tony sighed.

"Man, I hate dealing with Richards. What an entitled dick." He groused under his breath. "Oh shit, that's recording still. Well, damn it."

"Stark! Get down here and actually help!" The elder male yelled. He sighed.

"Got to edit that out later." He landed on the ground and went immediately on the defensive, his gauntlets pointing at the robots and sending pulses of energy at them, making them sink to the ground, broken and defeated.

"Calling in backup, Reed? And with Stark too? How could you sink so low?" Dr. Doom taunted behind his silver face mask.

"Hey, Einstein. I could kill you, you know?" Tony growled.

"And let down all the young children watching you?" Dr. Doom riled.

"I'd rather them hate me than to have their blood on my hands because of you."

"Hmm. Poetic." Dr. Doom cooed. "Too bad you'll be joining your parents under the ground soon enough."

"I don't think so." A feminine voice appeared next to Tony, Richards on the other side, Ben on Richards' side and Johnny appearing next to his sister.

"Ah. The classic Assemble tactic. I am stronger than you, you know."

"I doubt it." Susan said firmly.

"Ah, Susie. I did have you on my side at one point. In my bed." Susan clenched her fists.

"Alright, time for reminiscing is past. Let's go. It's clobbering time." Ben growled.

Dr. Doom sighed. "The brutality of it all…" Dr. Doom rose his hands to the sky and lightning crashed onto his hands and his eyes glowed with power.

"Now!" Susan commanded and the five of them rushed to battle against Dr. Doom.

"Boss, left." He turned left and an energy missile missed him, thank goodness. "Right." He dashed right and then propelled into the air. He spun slightly, avoiding the energy pulses. "You have an opening."

He rolled his neck.

"Better to ask forgiveness than permission." He stated and inhaled and fired up his repulsor and the whirr cut through the battle and Dr. Doom raised his hands to battle against the Iron Man energy. "Level Five, FRI.'

"You sure, Boss? That could kill him, if he's human."

"I'm sure. We need to put him down."

"Level Five Activated."

The repulsor shot out and got Doom right in the chest, he went flying back into the pavement, causing an indentation in the black ground. Some dust flew up as Tony landed on his feet near the other four heroes.

"Did you kill him?" Richards demanded.

"Just because you don't want to have to make the hard decisions, doesn't mean someone else can't." Tony's voice was hard.

"You can't just…" Richards started ranting.

"He's fine." Susan interrupted, Richards falling silent. Tony stuck out his tongue in his suit in a childish retaliation, hidden from his suit. Too bad he forgot that the camera was still on.

"Police incoming."

"We have police on their way. Let's keep him down until we can get him back into his cell. How does he keep getting out?" Tony asked Richards.

"Good behavior and money."

Tony scoffed.

"Well, there you have it. A fight with a bird's eye view." Tony spoke to the camera as he touched down back at the Avengers Compound when Doom was apprehended and put back into prison. "Let's answer the questions that I was going to answer."

He opened his laptop again.

"How tall is Iron Man?" Tony read off. "Well, I am 6-foot, one inch out of the armor and 6'6" in the Iron Man suit. I also weight 225 pounds and, in the suit, I weight around 400."

"Did Iron Man eat today?" He read. "Well, I did have my protein smoothie this morning, which always helps and I had a salad, as mandated to me by Dr. Cho, with a vinegar-based dressing, lots of veggies and some chicken, for protein. Tonight, I plan on having a tuna bowl."

"What is Iron Man's workout regimen? He must have one, right?" Tony read off. "Yes, I do have one, a lot of people think I just engineer all day and all that gives you is carpal tunnel and an ulcer. So, yes, I do exercise. I run on the treadmill sometimes to work through some ideas and then do circuit training in the gym I have on the compound and back in my condo. I have to keep up my strength to work the Iron Man suit. It's very important."

"How is Lucy?" Tony smiled. "Lucy is great. Adjusting very well to the condo. FRIDAY is especially warm to her, aren't you, FRI?"

"Of course. She is your pet."

"Right. She is a member of the family."

"She will always be under my protection."

"Thank you, FRIDAY!" Tony smiled at the ceiling.

"It is my pleasure."

Unbeknownst to Tony, the whole fight was unedited and uploaded that way. And Richards wasn't that happy.

RRichardsPhD: Stark, I'm going to choke you next time I see you.

TonyStarkPhD's: Aww, stop flirting ?